Terrorist Attacks (Paris)

First, I apologise to the shadow Home Secretary for her late receipt of the statement. I apologis...

Various press reports have stated that the director general of MI5 called in his speech of 8 Janu...

My right hon. and learned Friend is absolutely correct in his description of what the director ge...

As there has been a revolution in communications in the 16 years since I introduced the proposals...

The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that it is important, in the debate on this issue, t...

The Prime Minister made a proposal not to allow any online communications that could not be inter...

I say to my hon. Friend that we are determined that, as far as is possible, there should be no sa...

Of course the security services must have the necessary tools for the job. However, does the Home...

The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that everybody in this House needs to send a very cl...

If one good thing has come out of the horrible events of recent days, it is the evidence of the B...

I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend’s comments. We stand alongside France against terror and f...

On behalf of the Scottish National party, I join the Home Secretary, the shadow Home Secretary an...

Discussions have taken place at official level with the devolved Administrations about the prepar...

Is the Home Secretary aware that when the Prophet Mohammed moved from Mecca to Medina all those y...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for elucidating that fact for the House. It is very clear—everybo...

Is the Home Secretary satisfied with the capacity of the London fire and rescue service to respon...

A great deal of work has been undertaken in recent years to look at the operation of the emergenc...

I sat on the Joint Committee on the Draft Communications Data Bill three years ago, which lasted ...

Order. I do not wish to be unkind to the hon. Gentleman, but he is a trained barrister. Come on, ...

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. Is the Home Secretary concerned that the Labour party has not ma...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for pointing out that a significant number of people who are in p...

The Home Secretary will be aware that in the cases of the London bombings, the brutal murder of F...

The right hon. Gentleman is correct about those who appear on the periphery of investigations. Th...

May I add my voice to those supporting the updating of our communications data capability merely ...

It is of course important that in our work to prevent people from moving down the road to terrori...

In his evidence at Westminster yesterday, the director of Europol spoke of a security gap among p...

We discussed sharing intelligence and information between countries when it is appropriate to do ...

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Order. I am very keen to accommodate colleagues, but I remind the House that this is an Oppositio...

The unwise response of previous Governments to outrages such as 9/11 and 7/7 led to the Iraq war ...

It is entirely right that we should respond in a careful and sober way, and that is precisely wha...

I am sure the whole House was pleased to hear the Home Secretary say that real Islam had absolute...

I agree with the hon. Lady that it is important that we reiterate the message that this is not ab...

Purveyors of extremism find fertile ground in communities that are not properly assimilated into ...

The Government have of course increased the requirements for those coming into the United Kingdom...

Will the Home Secretary join me in rejecting the new imperialism that we hear after incidents suc...

The only people responsible for a terrorist attack are the terrorists themselves. They are crimin...

I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, particularly the words about tackling extreme ideolog...

I share my hon. Friend’s concern to ensure that we deal with extremism in all its forms and where...

The acts in Paris were carried out by terrorists, not in my name or that of the religion that I f...

I commend the hon. Gentleman for his comments. It is important that someone such as him stands up...

Does the Home Secretary agree that if we are to be serious about our internal security and the sa...

My hon. Friend is right, and as I indicated in my statement in immediate response to the attacks ...

The unjustifiable and horrific scenes in Paris were not just an attack on France, but an attack o...

I commend the hon. Gentleman’s comments. As the shadow Home Secretary pointed out, the brother of...

On intelligence data gaps, will the Home Secretary confirm that she will be inspired by the patri...

It is no surprise to anyone in the House that the Deputy Prime Minister and I have a different op...

Does the Home Secretary agree that while there cannot be a scintilla of an excuse for the psychop...

As I indicated earlier, the reasons why people become radicalised are various and often complex, ...

As well as a substantial Muslim community, which has been quick to condemn the atrocities in Pari...

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend, and to his constituency and its links with the Magna Carta. That...

Will the Secretary of State agree that the lessons of Paris are that our real strength is in unit...

The hon. Gentleman is right to say that the majority of Muslims living in this country want to de...

News organisations must use their independent professional judgment as to whether they reprint th...

I absolutely agree. Freedom of the press means that the press should be free to publish what it c...

Will the Home Secretary update the House on how well the Prevent strategy is working in reaching ...

I am happy to give the hon. Lady some figures on Prevent. Thirty local authority areas are curren...

On Monday, the Leader of the House and I met parents and governors at the Mathilda Marks-Kennedy ...

This is very important. As I indicated earlier, I have met the CST and other Jewish community lea...

Last week, while gunmen were rampaging through the streets of Paris, a leading Muslim spokesman i...

It is absolutely right that it is important for those in leadership roles in the Muslim community...

Interception of communications data is critical to successful counter-terrorism. If the Liberal D...

I am very happy to give that confirmation to my hon. Friend. We are very clear that we will take ...

There has been a significant rise in co-ordinated anti-Semitic attacks in London, Glasgow, Belfas...

As I have indicated, I have had a number of meetings and the police have been meeting Jewish comm...

The Government’s taskforce on tackling radicalism and extremism, chaired by the Prime Minister, r...

My hon. Friend raises these issues. I have been very clear that it has not been possible to take ...

The Prevent strategy is key to preventing radicalisation. Given the new roles and responsibilitie...

The Home Office funding for Prevent has increased in recent years, but further money will be made...

Like a couple of earlier speakers, in 2012 I was a member of the Joint Committee considering the ...

I am very happy to confirm that. The Joint Committee came back with a very well-considered and de...

The Home Secretary referred to the capabilities of the people keeping us safe diminishing. In the...

I believe that the NCA does play an important role. Obviously, its clear focus is on serious and ...

Not only is the number of anti-Semitic incidents on the rise, but surveys demonstrate a greater p...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We should be very clear that we will not tolerate anti-Semiti...

I was previously on the civil libertarian side of these arguments, but given recent events—not ju...

I share my hon. Friend’s concerns. It should be a matter of deep concern to us all in this House ...